Bringing Heroes into the Light (Monday Moment ep. 821)

Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary

John O'Leary

Self-improvement, Bestsellingauthor, Education, Dailyinspiration, Society & Culture, Liveinspired, Johnoleary, Inspiration, Joebuck, Inspiredliving, Onfire, Relationships

4.9 • 672 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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The past few weeks have been humbling and joy-filled. Interviews, headlines, sold-out theaters, and messages from around the world have celebrated SOUL ON FIRE. But the greatest joy has been watching how this story has lifted the people I love most. My sisters glowed on the red carpet after years of cheering from behind the scenes. Mom hasn’t stopped smiling, and Beth’s quiet grace is being recognized everywhere.

But my favorite hero to celebrate is the one who likes attention the least: my brother Jim. Let me explain.

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0:00.0	Hello, my friends and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast Monday morning moments with John
0:19.6	O'Leary. As you know, we are knee deep in the joy of rolling
0:24.9	our films, soul on fire into week two, into theaters around the country and around the world.
0:30.4	And while brothers and sisters, the last few weeks have been humbling and completely joy-filled.
0:37.3	Interviews, headlines sold out theaters, social media, filled with smiling faces, and messages
0:43.1	pouring in from friends near and far, celebrating the release and the impact of the film
0:49.3	Soul on Fire.
0:50.7	But here's the thing.
0:51.9	You need to know this.
0:52.6	The greatest joy by far has been watching how this story, how our story, has elevated the people that I love most. I'll never forget seeing my four sisters step onto the red carpet at the global premiere back on October 2nd. My sisters were radiant. They were confident. They were simply so
1:14.0	joyful to have that moment together. It was awesome. For decades, they stood behind the scene,
1:20.4	supporting me in thousands of unseen ways. And yet at the premiere, the spotlight wasn't on me.
1:27.2	It shone on them, and it was epic. It was beautiful.
1:31.0	And then there's my mom. She hasn't stopped smiling in weeks. As friend after friend reaches out to tell Susan how impactful the film has been to them, she is more certain than ever that the agonizing
1:45.4	journey she and dad endured as parents was worth it. And I guess in a surprising move,
1:52.7	mom is single-handedly elevating her box office numbers as she's seen now Soul on Fire
1:58.4	for the ninth time as of Sunday. That's right, nine times mom has paid
2:04.2	or had a friend pay to send her off to Soul on Fire. Pretty awesome. And then there's my wife,
2:09.8	Beth. She's been celebrated as one of the films, Central Heroes, and she should be. Her high school, her college, even her employer. They've all
2:20.9	reached out to write stories honoring her courage, her faithfulness, her steadfast love. The actor
2:27.5	portraying Beth shines on the screen, but Beth O'Leary is even more remarkable in her humility,
2:37.3	in her grace, and in her love in real life.
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